Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

withtake

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: with-take
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rebuke; reprimand.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To withhold; retain.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To receive; accept or withstand; to bear, tolerate, or endure, usually with little to no ill-effect; (often reflexive) To take along; take with.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] and if the people of the said cities and towns will not or are not able to maintain them they shall withtake themselves to other towns and cities within the hundred, or to the town where they were born, and shall there continually abide during their life."
"Not desiring to be discovered, we found a fair road close by a wood, withtook ourselves out of it with all haste, and went towards a village."
"Luckily the general structure withtook the shock and only the ceiling collapsed."
""[…] Luckily the general structure withtook the shock and only the ceiling collapsed.""

Etymology

From Middle English withtaken, partial calque of earlier Middle English withnimen; equivalent to with- + take.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: with
Root: withtaken, withnimen

Usage

Inflected Forms

withtakes (present, singular) withtaking (participle, present) withtook (past) withtaken (participle, past)

Questions

What does withtake mean?: To rebuke; reprimand.
Where does withtake come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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